We arrived in Shanghai around 7AM. We began a bus ride through the city. Our guide told us that the government had build the high-speed rail to help ease road traffic and to offer a lower cost alternative to flying within the country. We traveled a little around the city and proceeded to the The China Expo (from the World Exposition of 2010). The China Expo is a truly impressive structure that showcased Chinese culture, history, art, design and sustainability. Viewing this structure is the closest thing to knowing what it would be like to have a spaceship land in broad daylight. We headed for the sustainable part. To describe the crowd at the Expo…Wal-mart on Black Thursday. The sustainability showcase presented “Super rice”, genetically altered rice to produce a bigger harvest despite harsher conditions. The showcase presented this as a way to not only feed more people today but also as a way to prepare for future climate change. The sustainability section was great. Many of the things we saw were straight out of articles for magazines such as Popular Science or Popular Mechanics. I enjoyed seeing the concept car that was made out of bio-plastic that used a solar panel on the roof to charge batteries. The neatest part of that car though, were the “wind turbines” on the wheels to capture breezes of traffic driving by as it’s parked on the street!
Train arrives, Shanghai tour, China Expo,
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